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Existence of God (part 14)
The Teleological Argument.
cosmological constants, fine tuning argument, teleological argument
Hawking and Mlodinow's Grand Design
Hello Mr. Craig. I am sure you saw the excerpts from Stephen Hawking's soon to be published book "The Grand Design". There he claims that because of the law of gravity "the universe can and will create itself from nothing". So, according to Hawking, there...
fine tuning argument, kalam cosmological argument, origin of the universe, stephen hawking, the grand design
Fine-tuning and Intelligent Life
I've been thinking about the fine tuning argument, and while I like it and think it carries some weight, something about it bothers me. It seems to suffer from "life chauvinism." In a poker hand a royal flush has intrinsic value and thus being dealt that ...
arguments for the existence of god, fine tuning argument, intelligent design, teleology
Reservations about Some Theistic Arguments
Hello Dr Craig, I have a few simple questions for you. First off, I am not a Christian anymore, but rather an agnostic. I have heard your arguments for the existence of God and am quite impressed. However, a few of your arguments I am having some problems acce...
arguments for the existence of god, fine tuning argument, moral argument, religious experience
Fine-Tuning and Improbability
Dr. Craig, I'm interested in how the teleological argument can escape the criticism of some who would argue that if an infinitesimally improbable event such as a finely-tuned Universe could warrant belief in a God, then how what about other incomprehensib...
cosmology, fine tuning argument, intelligent design, origin of the universe
CERN Probes Big Bang
Hi, At the moment there has been a lot on the news about CERN and how it will shed light on the origin of the universe. I've heard various atheists getting excited about how it might do everything from prove the parallel universe theory to show how the un...
cosmology, fine tuning argument, origin of the universe, philosophy of science
Probability of Fine-Tuning
Dear Dr. Craig, I had a question about the argument from fine-tuning, specifically regarding the values of certain constants. I’m in the middle of an undergrad program in Physics, and so I’m familiar with many fundamental constants of the universe...
cosmology, fine tuning argument, intelligent design, origin of the universe
Design from Fine-Tuning
Hi, Dr. Craig you’re my favorite Christian philosopher. From listening to your lectures and audio lessons you’re a firm believer that design is the simplest explanation for the fine tuning of the universe. I ran into an article by Richard Carrier &...
cosmology, fine tuning argument, intelligent design, origin of the universe
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Formulating the Argument from Fine-Tuning
Dr. Craig, I have been thinking recently about the fine-tuning argument, especially in Bayesian terms. Normally, even if one begins with extremely skeptical priors for theism (for example, one in an octillion), the probability of the evidence on theism appears...
arguments against the existence of god, bayes' theorem, collins, robin, fine tuning argument, naturalism, o’conner, alex
Explaining the Applicability of Mathematics
In the debate on the mathematical argument for God hosted by “Capturing Christianity,” and at 1:12:00 into the debate, Dr. Oppy asked Dr. Craig this question: “Could God have freely chosen to make a physical world in which it was not the ca...
abstract objects, explanatory power, fine tuning argument, graham oppy, kalam cosmological argument, methodological naturalism
Should a Puddle be Surprised it Exists? Should We?
Recently, I have run across arguments by atheists that say that the universe is not fine-tuned for life, but life is fine tuned to the universe and they describe this in the "puddle" analogy (which I'm sure you are aware of). I searched your website for so...
anthropic principle, arguments for the existence of god, boltzmann brains, fine tuning argument, laws of nature, many worlds hypothesis
Can Christians Be Theistic Anti-Realists?
Dear Dr. Craig, Recently I read some books on the philosophy of science, especially the debate between scientific realism and anti-realism. The topic is fascinating to me, knowing that scientists can work together despite their differing stance on the debate....
anti-realism, atheism, explanation, fine tuning argument, god, philosophy of science
Where Are All the Christian Philosophers?
Hello Dr. Craig, thank you for your work. On numerous occasions you've argued that we are currently experiencing a renaissance in fields like Philosophy with respect to the intellectual credibility of belief in God and Christianity in particular. You'v...
arguments for the existence of god, christian philosophy, fine tuning argument, kalam cosmological argument, leibnizian cosmological argument, moral argument